Author Archives: OP King

Image copyrightAFPImage captionMargot Duhalde died on Februay 5th 2018 in Santiago Chile’s first female pilot, Margot Duhalde, has died at the age of 97. She started flying when she was 16 years old, gaining her pilot’s licence two years later, just before the outbreak of World War Two. Mrs Duhalde travelled to Europe to volunteerContinue reading “Chile’s first female pilot Margot Duhalde dies at 97”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe Pentagon’s largest agency lost $800m The US Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is missing documentation for how it spent hundreds of millions of US dollars, a new audit finds. The firm Ernst and Young found the agency could not account for $800m (£572m), according to Politico. The money was reportedly used forContinue reading “Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency loses track of $800m”

Image copyrightEPAImage captionAdam Schiff, who wrote the second memo, said Republicans had no choice but to release it A congressional panel has voted unanimously to release a Democratic rebuttal to a Republican memo alleging bias against President Donald Trump. The Republican president has five days to decide whether to declassify the 10-page document. The HouseContinue reading “Democratic memo released by House Intelligence Committee”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionMahoney (pictured second from right) with his co-stars in Frasier The British-born actor John Mahoney, who played Martin Crane in the US sitcom Frasier, has died aged 77. He died on Sunday while in hospice care in Chicago. Mahoney enjoyed a distinguished career in theatre, winning a Tony award, and had aContinue reading “John Mahoney: British-born Frasier actor dies aged 77”

Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionPolice have been on guard with opposition supporters taking to the streets Maldives police have arrested the country’s chief justice of the Supreme Court as a political crisis worsens in the Indian Ocean nation. Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and another judge, Ali Hameed, were arrested hours after the government declared a state ofContinue reading “Maldives: Supreme Court judges arrested amid political crisis”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES The White House moved to reassure markets on Monday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average index dropped by 1,175 points. The leading US stock market index closed down 4.6% at 24,345.75, one of the largest falls in recent years. The White House said it was focused on “long-term economic fundamentals, which remainContinue reading “Dow Jones stock index hit by record falls”

Media captionWATCH: Waymo v Uber – who stole what? Two of the biggest players in self-drive technology will meet in a San Francisco courtroom on Monday. Ride-sharing firm Uber is being sued by Waymo, the self-driving company spun out of Google. Uber is accused of stealing and using trade secrets relating to Lidar (light detectionContinue reading “Uber v Google: Self-drive tech clash heads to court”

Image copyrightAFPImage captionPeople bought to hospitals in Saraqeb suffered breathing problems, a doctor said Nine people were treated for breathing difficulties after a bomb believed to be filled with chlorine was dropped on a rebel-held town in Syria, medics say. The Syria Civil Defence said three of its rescue workers were among the casualties fromContinue reading “Syria war: ‘Chlorine attack’ on rebel-held Idlib town”

Image copyrightAFPImage captionEsmond Bradley Martin had risked his life to secretly photograph and document illegal sales of ivory and rhino horn One of the world’s leading investigators into the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn has been killed in Kenya. Esmond Bradley Martin, 75, was found with a stab wound to his neck atContinue reading “Esmond Bradley Martin: Ivory investigator killed in Kenya”

Image copyrightNHSImage captionArtist Sarah Tombs works on the sculpture A sculpture is set to be unveiled at a Swansea hospital to commemorate its links with Port Talbot steelworks. The piece will be unveiled at Morriston Hospital’s Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery on Monday. It was inspired by Welsh mythology and created from TataContinue reading “Morriston Hospital sculpture to mark 70 years of NHS”